Milk carrier with illuminating means



Sept. 8, 1936. R R TYRELL 2,053,385

MILK CARRIER WITH ILLUMINATING MEANS Fild Oct. 5, 1935 l A? A? I r INVENTOR. 2/ 129 p TY/zE-LL ATTORNEY.

Patented Sept. 8, 1 936 PATENT OFFICE 7 2,053,385 7 MILK CARRIER wrm IILUMINATING MEANS Ray'R. Tyrell, Detroit. Mich.

Application October 3, 1935, Serial No. 43,367

1 Claim.

The object of my invention is to enable a milkman to conveniently deliver milk in the dark, to locate easily the address of the party to whom r the milk is to be delivered and to read easily notes 9 left in milk bottles.

The specific object is to enable a man to carry the usual carrier with one hand and with the same hand to manipulate the switch of an electric O flash-light torch, thus leaving the other hand free.

Additional objects are to permit the electric flash-light torch to be carried by the handle of the carrier and to be grasped by the same hand that holds the handle and supports the carrier.

In the figures:

Fig. 1 shows a side elevation of the torch and carrier.

Fig. 2 shows a plan view corresponding to Fig. 1.

20 Fig. 3 shows a partial cross sectional elevation taken on a plane 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 shows a partial cross sectional elevation taken on a plane 44 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 shows a cross sectional elevation taken 25 on a plane 55 of Fig. 6 of an alternate construction.

Fig. 6 shows a cross sectional plan view taken on a plane 6--6 of Fig. 5 of the alternate construction.

30 In Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4:

ID is the carrier'made of flat and round wire stock and is a standard article of commerce; H is a tie rod connected to ID by the wires I2 and l3. l4, l5, l6, I! represent the rubber coated fingers 35 formed of bent wires which extend upwardly, two from each end of the handle II and which form the cradle in which an electric flash-light torch 22 is detachably gripped. The bent wires which form the cores of the rubber coated fingers are the extensions of wires I8, I 9, 20', 2 I, which extend to p and are anchored by the carrier l0.

. In order to carry the weight, a supporting handle is needed and a steel trough 24 is provided between the fingers l4, l5, l5, H. The torch 22 carries a switch 23, which is accessible to the hand that grasps the trough 24.

The rubber coated fingers are formed by rubber tubes over the bent Us l4, l5, I6, H of the extensions from the wires [8, I9, 20, 2|. The spring or yield in these extensions enable the rubber coated fingers to securely grip the torch, at the same time permitting the torch to be easily removed and replaced.

In Figs. 5 and 6 an alternative method of applying the rubber to the fingers l4, l5, l6, I1 is shown. A rubber glove 25 is snapped over the U of the wires l8, I9, 20, 2|. This rubber glove consists of a flattened, open-ended tube of rubber closed at one end. Projecting from one of the flat sided walls of the tube is a projection 26, which looks the tube 25 in place on the Us 'of the fingers l4, l5, l6, H. In the event that a rubber glove wears out, it can easily and cheaply be replaced.

What I claim is:-

A milk carrier with illuminating means comprising the usual portable container for individual milk bottles, a handle therefor, a cradle adapted to detachably hold an electric flash-light torch having a switch, said cradle being located immediately above said basket and connected to and supported by said container, so as to form the handle therefor.

RAY R. TYRELL. 

